Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best keeper's jersey

[Fixer82]

Colgan

[Kingdom]

Colgan by a short head.

Seconded

[passinginterest]

I’ll back the salmon Randolph

[sadloserkid]

I forget who pointed out the Colgan sleeves for me but they've swung it! +1 for Colgan, please.

[John83]

Salmdolph.

[Fixer82]

I forget who pointed out the Colgan sleeves for me but they've swung it! +1 for Colgan, please.

I believe that was me

[pineapple stu]

12-0 for Bonner there - the biggest win of the competition to date and it sails into the semis.

I'll leave Samdolph v Colgan open till Monday morning, and then on Monday we'll get the last two quarter-final ties done.

Then Tuesday is the first semi, Wednesday the second semi, Thursday the 3rd/4th place playoff and Friday the grand final.

[sadloserkid]

I believe that was me

It was indeed! My gratitude is yours.

[ontheotherhand]

If it was all snakeskin id go with colgan but yellow is a dull colour for a keepers shirt. Salmon Randolph for the win.

[backstothewall]

Randolph

[pineapple stu]

A late rally for Randolph as he wins through 6-5. Great battle there.

Going to put the last two quarter finals up now, so that the semis can start tomorrow. First up, we have Bazunu v Bonner.

https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/article21489060.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/0_GettyImages-1337844298.jpg

https://pogmogoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Packie-Bonner-v-England.jpg

[pineapple stu]

And in the other one, it's purple Randolph v Bonner.

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/darren-randolph-of-republic-of-ireland-attempts-to-save-belgium-picture-id541037220

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EB9YYdsWwAAmNVG.jpg

[sadloserkid]

Bonner x2

[jbyrne]

bonner x 2

[Fixer82]

Packie and Packie

[John83]

Bonner and Purpledolph.

[passinginterest]

Bonner and Purpledolph.

I agree

[dynamo kerry]

Bonner and Purpledolph.

Same for me

[the 12 th man]

Bonner and Randolph.

[SkStu]

Bonner and Randolph

[sadloserkid]

There is always one vote in these things that makes me hate you all a little more than it should. The dismissal of the Bonner 94 effort for that banal Randolph effort will seemingly be the one this time around. :)

[John83]

I'm not a fan of your taste in football clubs, while we're on the topic of judging each other's taste. :P

[pineapple stu]

In his defence, he isn't wrong ;)

[sadloserkid]

I'm not a fan of your taste in football clubs, while we're on the topic of judging each other's taste. :P

Surely Treaty haven't been around long enough to really offend anybody other Pat O'Sullivan? :D

[backstothewall]

Bazunu, then Bonner

[pineapple stu]

Too little too late from backstothewall, and we have Randolph v Bonner v Randolph v Bonner in the semis. 8-1 for Bonner against Bazunu, and 5-4 for Randolph against Bonner.

So our first semi then. These are open draws - I use the RAND function on Excel - but it's genuinely happened again that the favourites have been kept apart. That'll probably rebound now in a future tournament, but for now the first semi is salmon Randolph v black and orange Bonner.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dc_mpA-W4AAPlNR.jpg

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/republic-of-ireland-goalkeeper-pat-bonner-during-the-european-match-picture-id89113723

Paths to the semis
Salmon Randolph
First round - bye
Second round - beat Shay Given in Paris 5-3
Third round - beat the 1981 mannequin 5-3
Quarters - beat fish-net Colgan 6-5

Black and orange Bonner
First round - beat inverse blue/yellow Given 9-0
Second round - beat stealth-black Bazunu 10-3
Third round - beat black arms/pin-stripes McDonagh 10-0
Quarters - beat inverse yellow/blue Kelly 12-0

[backstothewall]

Bonner. It really is great looking.

[dynamo kerry]

Bonner. It really is great looking.


Also Bonner for me.

[jbyrne]

bonner

[passinginterest]

Bonner no question, it really is a classic.

[EAFC_rdfl]

Bonner here too

[CraftyToePoke]

Bonner.

Remember that season Di Canio hit that floating volley & you knew goal of the season was over already ? This shirt is that goal I think.

[John83]

Bonner.

[sadloserkid]

Love that Bonner shirt. Surely there's some way to get it back into production. 😁

[SkStu]

Bonner

[backstothewall]

Love that Bonner shirt. Surely there's some way to get it back into production. ��

If there's a lad from Umbro reading this who knows what might show up next year.

[the 12 th man]

Can't let salmon be whitewashed :D

[pineapple stu]

You so could have!

Votes taken till the morning (for what it's worth), and the second semi then

[Fixer82]

Packie Motherf**kin' Bonner babaay!

[ontheotherhand]

Bonner's black and orange beaut.

[Eminence Grise]

Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner.

D'ya hear me? That is one class act of a jersey.

[backstothewall]

With all the fuss over the orange away kit, and people making the point about our flag being 1/3 orange, this seems so obvious now.

Of course our goalie should wear orange!

[pineapple stu]

Well that was a predictable waste of time. 12-1 (assuming EG's vote is for Bonner, which I think it is, but it's not entirely clear) and Bonner walks into the final while I go to work out what kit in the Salmdolph bracket could have put up a better fight.

In the meantime, we have a very similar line-up in the other semi, and I wonder will the result be the same? Probably; it's the margin that's most in question here I feel. It's blue Randolph v Bonner.

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/darren-randolph-of-republic-of-ireland-attempts-to-save-belgium-picture-id541037220

https://pogmogoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Packie-Bonner-v-England.jpg

Paths to the semis
Blue Randolph
First round - beat Purple Randolph 6-3
Second round - beat Centenary Kelleher 5-4
Third round - beat USA 94 away Bonner 6-3
Quarter-finals - beat USA 94 home Bonner 5-4

Treble-chasing Bonner
First round - beat Reprieved Colgan 8-1
Second round - beat Given 8-0 in the Euro kit derby
Third round - beat Purple Randolph 9-1
Quarter-final - beat Cyan Bazunu 8-1

[jbyrne]

bonner thanks

[EAFC_rdfl]

Bonner!

[John83]

Bonner.

I'm looking forward to seeing Bonner vs Bonner in the final. I hear Dustin Hoffman is great in it.

[passinginterest]

I do like the blue Randolph but it can’t beat Bonner. Even the Mikasa style gloves add to the appeal!

[Fixer82]

If there's a lad from Umbro reading this who knows what might show up next year.

It can’t be worse than the garbage kit we have now, Adidas nostalgia rip-off

[sadloserkid]

Bonner all day.

[backstothewall]

https://pogmogoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Packie-Bonner-v-England.jpg

Treble-chasing Bonner
First round - beat Reprieved Colgan 8-1
Second round - beat Given 8-0 in the Euro kit derby
Third round - beat Purple Randolph 9-1
Quarter-final - beat Cyan Bazunu 8-1

This kit is a boring snoozefest, and you're all mental. It's just a yellow adidas jumper.

Also, points off from pinapple stu for not using the pic of Packie doing that weird teethy grimace thing �� before booting it up the field for Niall Quinn to score against Holland in Italia '90. ��

Edit: There it is.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFka9brW8AAp_EE.jpg